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Gifted & Talented class
Our gifted and talented class operates in Years 7 and 8, grouping our most able students in a distinct class for the purpose of differentiating their curriculum and instruction. A University of NSW test is used to select the students for this class, and is sat in March each year. Application forms are available from the school office.
A wide range of provision is currently being offered to optimise learning experiences for gifted and talented students. In the classroom, these include: curriculum compacting; curriculum enrichment; a wide range of elective choices and a range of teaching and learning strategies, including contract work and problem solving activities.
Our Year 7 G&T class is actively involved in a number of exciting learning opportunities including Tournaments of the Minds.
Other opportunities for our high achieving students include:
- Gifted & Talented Dance scholarship program;
- Gifted & Talented CAPA scholarship program;
- Inclusion in school performance ensembles, such as our a Capella group;
- Drama productions;
- Inter-school debating and public speaking;
- Inter-school art based projects;
- Environmental sustainability projects;
- University extension programs;
- Archaeology - A Holiday Program for Gifted and Talented Students in Years 5-6. Macquarie University ;
- The Science Gifted & Talented Discovery Program. University of Sydney;
- Art Gallery of NSW Intensive education programmes for students;
- Connected Learning Awards;
- Debating and Public Speaking;
- Bridge Building Competition;
- Chess group, to name a few.
We encourage our students to become involved in state and national academic competitions in English, Mathematics, Science, History and Geography. Our students consistently achieve a high degree of excellence in these competitions. In 2010 one of our students was voted the best speaker at the Model United Nations (MUNA) competition.
Gifted and Talented Policy (pdf, 271 KB)